World War II Honoree

Jacob Frey Gregory

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Honored By

Jean Gregory Taylor

Relationship

Daughter

AS 2ND LIEUTENANT, TRAINED TROOPS FOR OVERSEAS AT 28TH INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION, CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA FROM JUNE 1941 TO JULY 1942. AS 1ST LIEUTENANT, TAUGHT MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS, CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK FROM AUGUST 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1944. TRAINED TROOPS AT CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA; CAMP LIVINGSTON, LOUISIANA AND FORT BENNING, GEORGIA FROM FEBRUARY 1944 TO MID 1945. RECEIVED ORDERS TO GO TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC FOR INVASION OF JAPAN. SAILED TO PEARL HARBOR IN 1945, WHERE WORD CAME THAT JAPANESE HAD SURRENDERED. CONTINUED SERVICE WITH RANK OF CAPTAIN IN GUAM, THE PHILIPPINES AND KOREA UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.